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as in parasite
a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return the union accused the company executives of being bloodsuckers, since they had given themselves raises at a time when the rank and file were forced to take cuts in their benefits

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as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others a sleazy lawyer who had a reputation for being a shyster, an ambulance chaser, and an all-around bloodsucker

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Recent Examples of bloodsucker And as mosquito season has lengthened in recent years amid warming temperatures, some of the bloodsuckers now stick around until December in parts of the Southland. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025 The siblings played two very different types of bloodsuckers in their respective roles. Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 15 May 2025 Cage’s go-for-broke performance comes in the service of playing a New York City literary agent who is consumed with the possibility he has been turned into an undead bloodsucker. Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025 These bloodsuckers operate using many of the old-fashioned, often forgotten vampire rules, like being repelled by garlic and needing permission to enter a building. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloodsucker
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Noun
  • Cats can become infected by ingesting raw meat or prey that carries the parasite.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And if there's a bite mark, chances are some contamination has happened because animals can carry bacteria and parasites in their saliva.
    Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • White is a record-breaking snowboarder, while Dobrev played Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce (the hottest vampire of all time and her doppelgänger) on The CW’s Vampire Diaries.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The scene is set at the Salvatore Mansion between vampire bros Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley).
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With this brush with a violent predator, the Season 1 premiere finds Morgan sheltering in place at home with her kids and her ex Ludo (Taran Killam) while a police officer watches over the house outside.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Cavefish keep their eggs and even sometimes young fish, in their mouth, a practice called mouth brooding that is thought to protect young cavefish from predators.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Bloodsucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodsucker. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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